Research area:

Pathogens have developed various ways of ensuring their efficient transmission. These include mechanisms that allow the bacteria to leave the host efficiently, promote survival during the passage to the next host, facilitate efficient uptake by the latter, and aid in overcoming host protection mechanisms. To date, molecular dissection of factors that control transmission of bacterially based infectious diseases has been limited, due to the absence of animal models of transmission. I am using a recently developed infant rabbit transmission model to study the molecular mechanisms that facilitate transmission of Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera. My goal is to identify important transmission factors and characterize their effect at various steps during transmission. Understanding transmission might open new, promising approaches to limited cholera outbreaks and would therefore be an important contribution to public health.

Recent Publications:

An overview of all publications can be found here (http://scholar NULL.google NULL.com/citations?user=kBjbO_AAAAAJ&hl=en).